Crunchy Chili Garlic Oil

Crunchy Chili Garlic Oil

A jeweled sludge of crispy-fried garlic, chili peppers, sesame oil, sugar, and monosodium glutamate. Stir it into rice to impart kick and color, douse on anything, use as a marinade, or just eat it with a spoon, like I've heard people sometimes do.

Japanese Mayonnaise

Japanese Mayonnaise

Sleeker, tangier, and far limber-er than its European counterparts. Kewpie comes in a red-tipped container that's shaped like a baby bottle and has the hand-feel of a drip bag, which lends an odd undertone when enjoyed straight from the bottle. The Japanese squirt it on everything, and they're a world power.